In 1924 Denver, private investigator Annalee Spain becomes the suspect in a murder when she offers her lace handkerchief to a distraught woman in a local library, whose husband is later found murdered. Battling a corrupt police force filled with Klu Klux Klan members searching for a way to bring her down, and the disappearance of her boyfriend Jack, a pastor, Annalee must rely on her faith and wits to weed out a growing list of suspects, stay one step ahead of her enemies, and find Jack.